GoReact: Faculty Get Started with GoReact

Overview

GoReact is a video assessment and feedback tool used to record and measure skill mastery. Instructors can grade student performance using rubrics, and students receive time-stamped feedback from peers, instructors, or the optional AI Assistant.

In this guide: Learn how to use GoReact in Canvas and explore additional tips. 
Supports: In-person, hybrid, and online learning.

Check for Skill Competency

• Oral Presentations
• Skill demonstrations
• Clinical skill assessments
• Language skill development
• Career and technical skills
• Performance based assessments
• Other hands-on activities where students practice and demonstrate competency

In this article

Instructor Resources

• Why Use Video for Assessment
• Create a GoReact Activity
• GoReact Account Setup (first-time)
• Configure the GoReact Activity
• Use EchoVideo with GoReact
• GoReact Instructor Resources
• Top 5 Best Practices
• GoReact Tips

Student Resources

• GoReact Student Experience

Why Use Video for Assessment?

Video lets students revisit specific moments in their performance instead of relying only on verbal or written comments, or on memory. Time-stamped feedback can help students reflect and better understand the skills they have mastered and where they need additional practice.

Before creating your first GoReact activity:

• Your Canvas course must already be created and available.
• Consider how students will demonstrate the skill and how you will assess it, such as instructor feedback, peer review, or rubric-based grading.

Create a GoReact Activity

Select Assignments in the course navigation menu. Alternatively, you can create an Assignment in Modules.

Follow the steps below:

1. Click + Assignment.
2. Enter a name for the assignment. 
3. In the content window, add assignment instructions.
4. Locate the Submission Type drop-down menu and select External Tool.
5. Click Find.
6. Select GoReact LTI 1.3 (prod) from the list of available tools.
7. Enable the checkbox "Load This Tool In A New Tab." Important: This setting is required for the GoReact activity to launch correctly.
8. Click Select.
9. Configure any desired assignment settings, such as the due date and availability dates.
10. Click Save or Save & Publish.

GoReact Account Setup (first-time)

The first time you launch a GoReact activity from Canvas, you will be asked to verify and complete your account setup.

GoReact Account Verification

1. After you launch the GoReact Activity in a new window, you will need to verify your account. 
2. Click "Primary Use"(see sample image below).
   
3. Then in the drop-down menu, select the department that best matches your teaching area. This helps personalize your GoReact experience to relevant templates.
4. The phone number field is optional.

Configure the GoReact Activity

GoReact activities are launched through their associated Canvas assignment. To edit settings, review submissions, or grade student work, simply open the assignment from your Canvas course.

1. After creating the Canvas assignment, open the assignment to launch GoReact.
2. Choose the activity type and settings that best match your learning objectives. If you are starting from scratch, click Blank Activity . 
3. Configure the Activity details:
   • Configure the activity settings, including participant rubric, marker set, AI assistant, feedback options, add an owner attachment.
   • Set activity tasks that students must complete before they submit their video. Think of them as required structured steps they need to perform.
4. Save your settings, click Save and Close.
5. View this article to set up your activity: GoReact: Editing Activity Settings – Support

Use EchoVideo with GoReact

EchoVideo and GoReact can work together to create a learning experience. Students can watch an instructional recording using EchoVideo before they practice and demonstrate a what they learned in GoReact.

GoReact Instructor Resources

The resources below provide additional guidance for getting started with GoReact and using advanced features. 

Note: You will also find best practices and tips on using GoReact at the bottom of this page.

Interactive demos

• GoReact Learning Hub for Instructors 
• New activity tasks
• Creating a marker set (abbreviation and settings)
• AI Assistant (identifies behaviors and provides feedback)

Articles

• GoReact: Group Recording Activities for Instructors
• GoReact: Types of Skill activities (standard, stimulus, or test)
• GoReact: Editing Activity Settings
• GoReact: Adding a Rubric to an Existing Activity
• GoReact: Using Markers
• GoReact: Article List 

Top 5 Best Practices

1. Create a practice activity to help students become familiar with GoReact before a major assignment. Provide students with the link to the student tutorials.
2. Use clear assignment instructions so students understand recording expectations.
3. Include information about video length, required content, and grading criteria.
4. Publish assignments and inform students to test their camera and microphone before the due date.
5. Consider using a rubric to provide consistent and transparent feedback.

GoReact Tips

• Mobile recording: Students can use their mobile devices to record and upload videos to the GoReact assignment in Canvas. We recommend to create a practice assignment before using GoReact for a graded activity. See artificial intelligence feedback section below.
• Audio speech to text: The audio speech-to-text on a mobile device for feedback and comments works. It will also work for audio-to-text on your computer.
• Live recording and feedback: Students can record live and login to the activity to provide live feedback. The live review setting needs to be enabled when configuring the GoReact assignment. All comments happen in real time there is no stopping or pausing. Students can  upload a video from their device and post edit or improve the comments afterward.
• AI (artificial intelligence) feedback: Once a student uploads the video or activity, AI will begin providing feedback in ~1 to 2 minutes. To save time reviewing practice speeches, AI can provide feedback without instructor feedback (if you choose) it will coach them on what they did well, and what they could improve. Specific markers can be set up for the AI Assistant to use from categories like Identify Strengths, Identify Areas of Improvement, or Identify General Feedback, etc. See the interactive demos above.
  • AI Assistant markers can be enabled when setting up the activity. Enhancing the feedback with the comment composer can be turned on or off.
  • If you endorse the AI comments (thumbs up or thumbs down) the feedback is received and reviewed by the product team.
  • For more tips and faqs explore this article: GoReact AI Assistant FAQs
• Comments and Feedback: Only owners of content can download comments or videos. Others cannot.

GoReact Student Experience

Students access GoReact assignments directly from the Canvas Assignment.  Depending on the activity settings, students can:

• Record a new video using a computer or mobile device.
• Upload a previously recorded video.
• Participate in group recordings.
• Receive time-stamped feedback and comments.
• Review grades and rubric-based rankings

GoReact Student Resources

• GoReact Learning Hub for Students
• GoReact: Group Recordings with Multiple Presenters for Students

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